Bradfield Brewery still have some stock of their limited edition barrel aged beers in bottles. There are a choice of two – Highland Pale Ale (8.1% ABV) and Belted Galloway Stout (8.4% ABV). Meanwhile on cask the brewery is gearing up for the annual launch of Belgian Blue, the fruit flavoured Christmas beer!
Some interesting beers from local brewers recently at our Steel City Beer & Cider festival held at Kelham Island Museum. Blue Bee had an oak aged edition of their Park Hill Porter along with a Superdelic Nelson Pale Ale where the hop pairing gave a distinctive grapefruit and resinous flavour despite being a sessionable 3.4% ABV. Dead Parrot supplied “Twilight”, a barrel aged Belgian style Dubbel brewed for the Belgian Beer festival held at their Perch bar. Drone Valley brewery sent a special edition of their Station Porter which had the addition of roast Robusta coffee beans. Duality, a new brewery based in Todwick, had two beers at the festival – “Imposter Syndrome” a New England IPA and “The Usual” a simple 5% ABV Mosaic hopped pale ale. Emmanuales had two beers at the festival – Noah’s Dark Belgian Ale and Solomon’s Gold. A new beer from Fuggle Bunny Brew House was Mystic Makrut, a pale ale with bursts of Papeda and aromas from Asia. From Intrepid was Mitis Dark Mild (Hazelnut edition) and Solskin Hop & Grut Ale. Little Critters had a Head Banger hazy session IPA and Loxley supplied quite a varied range including Halliday best bitter and Palores hazy dry hopped pale ale. Neepsend was another brewery with a varied range including Hedylogos, a decadent double chocolate stout and Cherokee American Red Ale. Of interest from Triple Point was Zephyr, A whirlpool-hopped pale ale that is light, fruity, and full of character.
Stancill have brewed their annual bonfire night beer – Treason – A spiced Yorkshire parkin porter with a toasty, roasty flavour. Added ginger gives a spark of warmth.
Sheffield & District CAMRA branch celebrates its 50th birthday this year – the Golden anniversary – and one of the few long running Sheffield beers still available is Stones Bitter, which for a while had a strap line of “Sheffield Gold”. To mark the occasion True North Brewery provided a special dry hopped edition for the Steel City Beer & Cider Festival (the 48th due to having two years off for Covid). The beer was brewed using Challenger hops and double dry hopped with Goldings, giving floral, spicy, earthy, lemon, and thyme overtones, with a salty, moreish, and zesty finish.